NASASpecial Delivery (1/6/2009)
The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft is offloaded from a C-5 aircraft after arriving at Vandenberg Air Force Base Airfield in California. NOAA-N Prime was built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company for its Advanced Television Infrared Observational Satellites -N series. The satellite will be launched from the Western Range at Vandenberg AFB by a United Launch Alliance two-stage Delta II rocket managed by NASA's Launch Service Program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image credit: NASA/Jerry Nagy, VAFB Nov. 4, 2008
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Mediatype: image
Creator: NASA
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NOAA-N-Prime/multimedia/gallery/08-11-4-1.html
Date: 1/6/2009
Year: 2009
Rights: Public Domain
Where: California
Where: Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Where: Florida
Identifier: 299887main_spacecraftarrival_full
Addeddate: 2009-08-19 23:53:21
Publicdate: 2009-08-20 00:02:36
Keywords: NOAA-N Prime spacecraft; Where -- California; Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC); Where -- Florida
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